Formation of Junior "Bot" League Announced

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The Fitzroy FFC (currently under application to rejoin the Sweet FA) has initiated a local comp of 'junior' teams, and appended management responsibilities to a few of the senior club's players. The Lions Den, Carn The Roys!, Mr Ripper, FattyLumpkin, Mobbenfuhrer, Wonaeamirri33 and Fat Pizza have each taken a team of Fitzroy greats under their wing, and will coach/manage them through a secondary comp concurrent with the Sweet FA. These teams will be joined by 2 others, managed by non-playing Roys FFC identities TomFC and Dylan12, to round out a minor league of 9 clubs.

While all competition is welcomed, a novel intention in this case is to foist leadership and maturity training upon the 7 Sweet FA participants, which should thereby flow down through the rest of the team. This should, in turn, result in a solid, confident, teamwork-based performance by the Roys in the Sweet FA.

Of course the Fitzroy FL will be a phenomenon and a spectacle all of its own, and there'll be no shortage of interest as to how this competition will proceed forth.

Mobbenfuhrer had this to say about his team, the Normanby Burgundonians:

"I've got a list full of 'nearly-there' talent, with some cool old heads in the leadership positions. Our captain, Bert Rappiport, played many games and kicked quite a few goals in the formative years of the original Fitzroy club, and brings some thinking-cap intellect to the team. He will be ably supported by past skipper Jack Worrall and the reliable Brian Brown. And to pick up an AFL Grand Final coach, well, that's just marvellous.

"The real excitement about our team, though, is inherent in the young guys who promise to give that elusive mid-season momentum that Fitzroys of old always struggled to find. Jamie Elliott, Tom Kavanagh, Anthony Mellington, these sorts of blokes will have the energy and enthusiasm to prevent any serious troughing during the sleepy season of the middle rounds.

"Its an exciting mix, it will be interesting to see how they gel together. I see us being a shoe-in for finals this year, but, as to how far we go, only time will tell.

"For myself, as a Roys FFC player taking on this leadership-building task by managing a junior team in a local comp, well it was my idea actually, so it'd be insane to not be looking forward to the contest.

"It can only work in our favour to have this extra experience running concurrently with the Sweet FA season. I don't think the other senior clubs are anywhere near ready for what's going to hit them."



Over in SA, sole non-local team Bloody Lions chairman FattyLumpkin says his "Team is bonding well. Bill Stephen taken early in the draft for his club song writing abilities alone, and the Karaoke is proving very popular. Salty Parish & Sir Doug are inseparable & mentoring the younger folk a treat. Grant Lawrie is still at his playing weight, thus available to pilot a Melb Cup mount on Tues. Big Dean Farnham still HUGE. Most of our salary cap has been diverted to the likes of Farnham, Alexander, Rendell & Beecrofts food & grog bill. "Banger" Bain furious on missing his No 19 jumper no (David McMahon claimed seniority). His 22 (at the Bears) gone to Chris Duthy (who claimed to have no memory of '87). "Banger" reckons anyone with 2 Grogans (Medals) should get what they want! Noel Zunneberg fitting in very nicely & beaming that he's last on the alphabetical list. Johnny Cassin gone awol - probably training at Arden st or Windy Hill, the dill.

"Still 2 spots on the Fatty Footy Club (FFC) roster - we're aiming for quality players who add either experience, controversy or eccentricity to pass on life experience to the players in the mighty Gorillas SFA side."

{Editor's note: This message was received prior to those two spots being filled.}

Fat Pizza, head of the Fat Pizza FC Pizza Men, had this to say about the competition :


"I consider it a privilege to participate in what amounts to a Field of Dreams for Fitzroy supporters. “Build it & they will come”. In some competitions it would be seen as a disadvantage if almost half the players in your team were actually deceased. In this comp, that just presents me with an even greater opportunity.

"My team will bring to life Legends from Fitzroy’s early years, such as Tammy Beauchamp, Goldsmith Collins & Ern “Puffer” Elliott, who, up until now, I’ve only been able to read about in history books. I now have the chance to coach them. I think the players themselves would have been eager to test themselves in this competition with Fitzroy players from different eras. I’d like to think our old-time ruckmen, Len Wigraft & Boxer Milne would have relished the opportunity to combine in an on-ball division with the heroes of my youth, Garry Wilson & Warwick Irwin.

"Despite a sprinkling of pure class among my players, this is by no means just a team of champions. I’ll take great delight in giving a second chance to some of the lesser-lights & bit-players from Fitzroy’s past. In the back pocket, I’ll have Don Chipp, who played 3 games for the Roys in 1947 before going on to form the Australian Democrats political party. As usual, he’ll be attempting to “keep the bastards honest”. On a back flank, I’ve got Hector McNeil, who played just 7 games in 1922. I’m looking forward to seeing him & Cec Rheinberger streaming downfield & pumping the ball forward to the likes of Gary Lazarus & our captain, Alex Ruscuklic.

"All I can say to my competitors is bring it on & may the best Royboys win.


The fixture for the Fitzroy Fantasy Football League is expected to be released within the next few days.

Old Fitzroy FFC
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Manager : The Lions Den
Team Name : Old Fitzroy
Nickname : The Stripes
Guernsey :

Captain : Fred Hughson
Ground : tba
Coach : Simon Taylor
Code:
B.    D.Murray      C.Smith      I.Miller
HB.   J. O'Reilly   F.Hughson(C) R.Serafini
C.    V.Cahill      G.Allan      L.Carlson
HF.   I.Hughson(VC) J.Duckworth  S.Kelleher
F.    R.Borland     P.Parrat     L.Donohue
FOLL. G.Coleman C.Dullard B.Gotch
INT.  C.Hansen M.Richardson
West Fitzroy
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Manager : Carn the Roys!
Nickname : tba
Guernsey :

Captain : Kevin Murray
Ground : Whitten Oval
Coach : Kevin Murray / Carn the Roys!
Code:
FB.  Chris Johnson Jarrod Molloy    Stephen Paxman
HB.  Dennis Ryan   Kevin Murray (C) Frank Bizzotto
C.   Jim Wynd      George Coates    Alan Thompson
HF.  Eddie Hart    Claude Curtin    Jeff Hogg
FF.  Jack Moriarty Alastair Lynch   Simon Hawking
FOL. Russell Crow, Brad Boyd (vc), Keith Stackpole
Int. John Ironmonger (dvc), Danny Morton
Gorilla's In The Mr Ripper's FFC
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Manager : Mr Ripper
Nickname : The Primates
Guernsey :

Captain : Haydn Bunton
Ground : Zwar Park
Coach : Ugly Dave Gray
Code:
B:  Harris      Zanotti       Blakey
HB: O'Keeffe    Serafini (VC) Bourke
C:  Kappler     Rombotis      Baldwin
HF: Conlan      Sidebottom    Mugavin
F:  Murnane     Wheildon      Barwick
R:  Scott       Osborne       Bunton (C)
IC: Linton      Burke
The Junction FFC
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Manager : Dylan12
Nickname : The Junction Roar
Guernsey :

Captain : Norm Johnstone
Ground : Junction Oval
Coach : David Parkin
Code:
B – Brett STEPHENS – Gary PERT – Ross THORNTON
HB – Michael GALE – Harvey MERRIGAN – Joe JOHNSON
C – Paul BRODERICK – Scott CLAYTON – Tim PEKIN
HF – Matthew ARMSTRONG – Jamie SHAW - Jeremy GUARD
F – Tony ONGARELLO – Richard OSBORNE – Clen DENNING 
R – Alan GALE – Norm JOHNSTONE (c) – Percy TROTTER
INT – Michael REEVES – Mick DWYER
Baron Superchicken FFC
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Manager : TomFC
Nickname : Superchickens
Guernsey :

Captain : Bernie Quinlan
Ground : North Hobart Oval
Coach : Robert Walls
Code:
B    Vic Chanter     Frank Curcio   Herbert Lenne
HB   Ken Hinkley     Wally Johnson  Harold McLennan
C    Doug Hawkins    Don Furness    Chicken Smallhorn 
HF   Owen Abrahams   Robert Walls   John Murphy 
FF   Graham Campbell Bernie Quinlan Allan Ruthven 
Ruck Norm Brown      George Holden  John Newnham
INT  Noel Jarvis     Tom Banks
Them Bloody Lions FFC
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Manager : FattyLumpkin
Nickname : The Bloody Roys
Guernsey :

Captain : G Brosnan
Ground : Renown Park, Adelaide, SA
Coach : G Brosnan
Code:
B. A Brockhurst C Duthy B Stephen 
HB N Zunneberg G Lawrie (vc) B Pert
C S Atkins D McMahon N Dare
HF J Cassin G Brosnan (c) S McIvor
F D Farnham B Beecroft D Bain
R M Rendell L Parish Sir D Nichols
Int: R Alexander, G Noonan
Normanby FFC
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Manager : Mobbenfuhrer
Nickname : Burgundonians
Guernsey :

Captain : Bert Rappiport
Ground : Brunswick Street Commission Home Backyard ("The Projects")
Coach : Alan McConnell
Code:
B.  Brian Brown      Peter Caven    David Strooper
HB. Dean Turner      Martin Pike    Tom Kavanagh
C.  Ross Lyon        Billy Lokan    Jamie Elliott
HF. Herbert Rapiport Jim Freake     Jason Taylor
F.  Wally Matera     Bill McSpeerin Anthony Mellington
Foll: Craig McGrath, Jack Worrall, Brendan McCormack
Int: Jeff Bruce, Dean Harding
Fitzroy Allcomers FFC
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Manager : Wonaeamirri33
Nickname : Allcomers
Guernsey :

Captain : Paul Roos
Ground : Edinburgh Gardens back oval
Coach : Paul Roos
Code:
B.    Rod Carter     Roger Delaney  Chris Lethbridge
HB.   Marcus Seecamp Paul Roos      John Rantall
C.    Kevin Caton    Mick Grace     Dale Kickett
HF.   Jim Grace      Gordon Rattray Michael Dunstan
F.    Bernie Harris  Bob Merrick    Dale Fleming
Foll: Len Thompson, Anthony McGregor,Carl Dilena
Int:  Brett Cook, Matthew Primus
Royboys FFC
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Manager : Fat Pizza
Nickname : The Pizza Men
Guernsey :

Captain : Alex Ruscuklic
Ground : Brunswick Street Oval
Coach : Fat Pizza
Code:
B    Don Chipp         Daryl Cox          Cec Rheinberger 
HB   Hector McNeil     Eddie Goodger      Puffer Elliott 
C    Mark Dwyer        Tammy Beauchamp    Frank Marchesani
HF   Laurie Richards   Gary Lazarus       Warwick Irwin
F    Goldsmith Collins Alex Ruscuklic (C) Snowy Lamont
Foll Len Wigraft (VC)  Boxer Milne        Garry Wilson
Res  Rino Pretto       Yorky Shaw
 

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Great to see Dougie Hawkins and Bernie Quinlan, 2 great sons of the west you pricks stole from us, in the same side.

And also a question as to why no club has utilisied the following piece of artistic genius - on the right (but really, what a joke).


Also, is it possible for a few or the Baghdad Bombers players to join 1 of the teams or be spread (ala WAFL, SANFL) among them during the home and away season so they get some match fitness, or is this purely for bots?
 

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Great to see Dougie Hawkins and Bernie Quinlan, 2 great sons of the west you pricks stole from us, in the same side.

And also a question as to why no club has utilisied the following piece of artistic genius - on the right (but really, what a joke).


Also, is it possible for a few or the Baghdad Bombers players to join 1 of the teams or be spread (ala WAFL, SANFL) among them during the home and away season so they get some match fitness, or is this purely for bots?
Pure botness mate, although hmmm ... imagine a 2nds club of dropped SFA players composing a 10th team. LOL ... dunno if I'd want the transfer work, these are teams of 20 only ... no injuries allowed ;)

Oh and did you miss that "Galaxy" Coleman is playing for one of the teams, too. He started at Fitzroy before moving on to the scraggers.

Hehe and that logo ... I'm on media blackout about it.
 

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He was close ... was suggested for the Allcomers team but the manager was at the pub so we had to flip coins to select the team, and he missed out.

This was the "get a team together for poor dial-up Wona" discussion :
Nice one Tom, and I'd erred in naming a couple of players who had already been selected : Bizzotto & Hogg ... can't imagine why I wouldn't have assumed they'd already been picked!

How about this, then :

Wona's "Fitzroy Allcomers" team after I've cannibalised TomFC's suggestions :
B. Rod Carter Roger Delaney Chris Lethbridge
HB. Marcus Seecamp Paul Roos John Rantall
C. Kevin Caton Mick Grace Dale Kickett
HF. Jim Grace Gordon Rattray Michael Dunstan
F. Bernie Harris Bob Merrick Dale Fleming
Foll: Len Thompson, Anthony McGregor,Carl Dilena
Int: Brett Cook, Matthew Primus

Remainder of TomFC's suggestions :
B: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Robert Henderson Horrie Dawson
HB: ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ Albert Collier
C: Bruce Calverley ~~~~~~~~~~ Ray Slocum
HF: Lou Barker ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~
F: Kevin Wright ~~~~~~~~~~~ Ron Harvey
Ruck: ~~~~~~~~ Ern Jenkins Les Millis
Int: Horrie Jenkin ~~~~~~~~~

Remainder of my suggestions :
Fred Fontaine
Norm Smith
Chris Meighen
Ben Atherton
Jimmy Taylor
Terry O'neill
Peter Keays
Neil MacLeod
 

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I'm assuming he played for the mighty Roys?

You should drop by and visit the Fizroy board a bit more and make sure we're more aware of his contributions.
That he did, but also for the demons, and I'm currently at Mt Buller drinking Red Bull. My pay a visit once in a while though..:)
 

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yep it was mentioned elsewhere ... Freakie is indeed a visitor to the Fitzroy board and we'd be happy to discuss his future fantasy footy plans with him at the conclusion of SFA 09/10
 

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Way off topic and all... but speaking of bot leagues has made me interested in seeing who'd win a game between the RFFL's Victoria Kings and the SFA's AFL All Stars...
 
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